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Until Kerk beats Cassioppi or Schultz I cannot in good conscience pick him, and I was a big time Kerk stan for a long time. He really seems to struggle against big heavies with a high wrestling IQ. Dean lost twice last year at NCAAs. He got a couple big time Carl calls in his favor. If he still had a red singlet with a big white C on his chest I'm not sure he would have received the same treatment. Brooks losing may have been the best thing to happen to him. I am anticipating a destroyer of all worlds the next 11 weeks.

Sorry got hung up on the international weights and round the kilograms up to the next weight ex: 57kg/125.7 lbs is now the 126 weight class, 65kg/143.3 lbs is now the 144 weight class which is my preference. I've been a staunch advocate for that but I recognize I am in what appears to be the minority because it opens up more high weight classes. And @Husker_Du is correct - if the athlete is ready then don't wait around for a hypothetical team situation 4 calendar years down the road. It's a team-oriented individual sport after all.

Unless Lee wrestles more of the schedule I really don't see it happening. And as I'm partial to senior freestyle results, I'm perfectly okay with that outcome as a subpremier keyboard warrior.

Brooks will breeze through the bracket and will probably be the Hodge runner-up to the winner of 165 so long as that person goes undefeated. RBY > Fix > big gap > Glory when it comes to folkstyle. The only reason Fix is even considered to have a chance, despite the winless record, is his renowned freestyle pedigree. Lewis probably won't be the #4 seed BUT if Plott stays undefeated until NCAAs (likely) and Mikey Labs beats everyone not named Starocci on the B1G schedule + keeps the match close at B1Gs tourney (possible but not probable) then I could see a path to Lewis getting dropped down to the 4 seed but hopefully that doesn't happen. Don't forget that while the All-Star match happened in real life, it absolutely did not happen as far as seeding goes and he will very likely enter NCAAs undefeated will enter NCAAs with a loss to Labriola at Vegas. However, if Lewis takes another loss prior to NCAAs then that realllllly muddies the waters and the best he will probably attain is the #3 seed given that Plott is likely to be undefeated since most B1G teams refuse to wrestle OkSt. Hopefully common sense prevails to give the possibility of a finals rematch for the fans. That would be three good potential stories for the finals broadcast: 174 finals rematch, Yianni going for #4, Lee going for #4.

Kerk and Dean are very plausible to lose as early as the quarters and no one would be that shocked. RBY and Starocci, short of all-time upsets, won't realistically lose until possibly the finals and RBY would be the more likely of the two to finally drop a match to Fix but he is a very, very heavy favorite. Starocci's only competition is Lewis and the earliest they would likely run into each other would be semis if seeding gets weird like happens every March.

100% this. Just move everything to match the international weights.

Make it only top 5 at US Open qualify for WTT and you will see much less VFO on the brackets

We did this exercise once. Granted he only ran into Vito (and I guess NaTo?) but he was a bully. https://arena.flowrestling.org/event/2559d0af-3fa9-44cd-b7a8-91e454a30d7a

Well no one thinks Lee would hang right now given his lack of cardio. But 4 more months of getting back into it? Yeahhhh buddy I’m ready!

Surely not even Carl would recruit over a 4x world medalist. Right? Right?????

The strength difference between Lee and anyone is unbelievable. He is one of the strongest 125s in a long time and he has functional strength to boot. I really feel sorry for opponents on the senior circuit once he unlocks the Dad Strength ability.

I don’t care who he was jawing at. All I know is that a pissed off Spencer Lee is good for Team USA.

Good gawd that’s Thomas Gilman’s music! Love seeing Lee fired up

Be aware of who is saying this gossip with a mountain of salt. But feisty Lee is not a common sight. Plus it’s fun to pour on to Iowa.

Soon we get to find out which is truly the superior discipline once and for all: Leestyle vs. Volkstyle

Safer than the badlands known as Old Town. I was shaking in my boots anytime I went to my brown line down in ol’ Cabrini Greens every day

Kudos for Johnnie’s but that’s in southside and if you’re in that neck of the woods you GOTTA do Vito & Nick’s instead of regretting getting a juicy beef for the next 48 hours. Or get into Beverly and grab some Top Notch if you prefer a burger.

“We will go but we won’t wrestle any key opponents” - Carl

Ask Michael Beard and the Nevills family how taking a ___shirt for the team plays out. Most cutthroat room in the country by design.

Ahh my bad, I interpreted what you said as Eierman was better than the Mizzou champs and you meant the UFC champs

I think when it happens it will either be because he is competing injured or he can no longer make 97 and it happens at 125.

You directly said Eierman was better. Don’t backtrack.

You want to be so cowardly as to duck? I can’t support that. Where is Maximo? Where is Luffman, or eithe of his backups? Why is a HS state champ many years removed with minimal college results the #1 seed at a previously top tier folk style tournament? We are quite literally on the same team but even I can’t deflect Ducks Unlimited. And Cannon being a 5 seed is a travesty.

1) Poeta is a coward 2) Cannon as a 5 seed? 3) Midlands has had such a hard fall from grace. It went from THEEEEE preeminent tournament to... Edmond Ruth as a 1 seed?